Employers and health plans fear they could be swamped financially by a coming wave of expensive new genetic therapies for rare diseases. Regulators have recently approved two treatments that sell at many multiples of the prices of routine treatments for …
Health insurer Cigna Corp. said on Thursday it had introduced a plan to fully cover costs for expensive gene therapies, eliminating any out-of-pocket payments for customers. Gene therapies, which in general aim to treat diseases by manipulating genes at a …
Express Scripts Holding Co. built a multi-billion enterprise pressuring drug companies to lower their prices for U.S. patients. Now it is quietly building a side business: getting paid to help drug companies dispense a new generation of high-priced drugs. Express …
